Sex and desire in British films of the 2000s : love in a damp climate / Nigel Mather.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mather, Nigel (Writer on film), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Motion pictures.

Sex in motion pictures.

Desire in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Sex & desire in British films of the 2000s

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Sex and desire in British films of the 2000s examines how film-makers in British cinema rose to the challenge of portraying a wide-ranging set of individual characters' personal desires and intimate encounters, past and present, as the social, political and economic landscape changed during the twenty-first century. The book aims to demonstrate that key British films of this era succeeded in engaging with the themes of love, sex and desire in productive, imaginative and thought-provoking ways. The study includes chapters on the lives, loves and troubled relationships of Oscar Wilde, Sylvia Plath and Iris Murdoch, and an examination of the Bridget Jones film trilogy following her emotional journey from the 'edge of reason' to marriage and motherhood. The chapter entitled 'The way we live now' focuses on dramas centred on relationships taking place in modern times and settings, while the chapter 'Sex and sensibility' takes a close look at movies such as The Look of Love, 9 Songs and I Want Candy, which explore sexual desires in fascinating, unpredictable and controversial ways. An afterword considers how the 2011 film Perfect Sense brings to vivid life the differing ways in which a deadly virus can affect intimate and personal relationships between human beings. The book examines a series of complex and compelling films which explore how we may currently live out our hopes, fears and desires in relation to sexual matters and affairs of the heart.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Relationships and intimacy in British Films of the 2000S

2. From The Happy Prince to `Lady Lazarus' and Iris: A Memoir: Writers In British society and tales of their private lives and personal affairs

3. `Diary of a Somebody': Bridget Jones's journey from the `edge of reason' to marriage and motherhood

4. `No sex, please

we're British?': Sex, sensibility and British cinema

5. `The way we live now': Narratives exploring relationships in modern British society

Afterword: 'We must love one another or/and die?'

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jul 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781526139245

1526139243

9781526130164

OCLC:

1154295166